A superstar can only carry a team so long before developing a backache.

The Gila River Indian Community’s newfound wealth has found its way to a senior meals program in Scottsdale, a fire station in Guadalupe, a crisis negotiations center in Chandler and a day care center in Mesa.

The Gila River Indian Community’s newfound wealth has found its way to a senior meals program in Scottsdale, a fire station in Guadalupe, a crisis negotiations center in Chandler and a day care center in Mesa.

Celebrities seen in Scottsdale often make news, but unlike certain pop stars and baseball players, one visiting this week had a full head of hair.

With a police dive team in the water behind him, Jerry “Kelly” Snyder stood near the edge of Tempe Town Lake on Thursday and watched with intense, impatient eyes.

With a police dive team in the water behind him, Jerry “Kelly” Snyder stood near the edge of Tempe Town Lake on Thursday and watched with intense, impatient eyes.

Every other Friday, Raul Valenzuela gets paid in cash for the hours he spends shining shoes in a Chandler barbershop. He deposits the money in his Wells Fargo savings account. That's the extent of his interaction with a bank.

Le Templar: You might not have heard of Owen "Buz" Mills. But he's dropped $2 million of his own money into a possible bid for governor this year.  

Our guess is the average Gilbert resident feels rich in terms of lifestyle and family, but doesn’t consider him- or herself wealthy in terms of how much money they earn. And yet, at least one objective source would classify Gilbert as the Valley’s true home of rising wealth.

Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin summon antidemocratic images of a communist state to attack Democrat Barack Obama's tax plan and his comment about spreading the wealth around. But in her home state, Palin embraces Alaska's own version of doing just that.

MATA ORTIZ, Chihuahua, Mexico — In about 1955, a teenage Mexican boy named Juan Quezada found a cave near the village of Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, containing some ceramic pots created by the ancient Paquime Indians.

Mesa police have come up empty in solving the slaying of a 44-year-old woman whose nude body was dumped in the middle of the street in a neighborhood near Lindsay and McKellips roads.

Milwaukee-based M&I Wealth Management announced it opened office in Scottsdale.

The Suns, a team that pioneered the importation of European players, may go that way again in Thursday's NBA draft, when a record number of foreign players could be taken in the first round.